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Total average vegetation cover for first hits was 91.3 percent. Allowable all -hit herbaceous vegetation cover <br />was also 91.3 percent. Cover by standing dead, litter, bare soil and rock averaged 0.4, 5.2, 3.1 and 0.0 <br />percent, respectively (first hit). Average species density was 40.1 species per 100 sq. m. <br />PRODUCTION <br />(Table A -6) <br />Total herbaceous production in 2011 was 1,391.8 pounds per acre. Of this, 1,183.0 pounds were native <br />perennial forbs and 207.0 were native perennial cool season grasses. Three other lifeforms were present <br />at less than 2 pounds per acre. <br />2011 Mountain Brush Reference Area <br />(Photographs 46 through 63) <br />COVER <br />(Table A -7) <br />Native shrubs were the predominant lifeform observed in the Mountain Brush Reference Area, contributing <br />74.1 percent all -hit vegetation cover. Of this, Gambel's oak (Quercus gambelii) contributed 37.1 percent, <br />mountain snowberry contributed 22.6 percent, and Saskatoon serviceberry and chokecherry (Padus <br />virginiana ssp. melanocarpa) each contributed 6.7 percent. Native perennial forbs and native perennial cool <br />season grasses made strong contributions to all -hit cover, with 21.4 and 20.3 percent, respectively. A total <br />of 120 native plant species were encountered during quantitative sampling. Also observed in the area was <br />the noxious weed hound's tongue (1.8 percent cover). <br />Total average vegetation cover for first hits was 79.4 percent. Allowable all -hit herbaceous vegetation cover <br />was 43.9 percent. Cover by standing dead, litter, bare soil and rock averaged 1.3, 12.7, 6.0 and 0.6 <br />percent, respectively (first hit). Average species density was 39.1 species per 100 sq. m. <br />PRODUCTION <br />(Table A -8) <br />15 <br />